Service Member and Veteran Resources

Service Member and Veteran Resources

ACE has a long history, dating to its founding in 1918, of serving both military-connected students and the diverse array of colleges and universities that welcome these students as they undertake postsecondary education. ACE, in its role as higher education’s coordinating body and convener, provides colleges and universities with tools, resources and ways to share information about how to best serve this student population. ACE helps military and veteran students attain their postsecondary education goals through evaluations of military training and experiences and by facilitating the process of military transcripts.

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In April of 2007, ACE began a 7-year program focused on providing academic support to over 750 severely injured service members through a grant funded program, The Severely Injured Military Veterans: Fulfilling Their Dreams (SIMV) program.

ACE has conducted empirical research on how student veterans and other military-connected individuals access and succeed in higher education. This research helps colleges and universities develop appropriate policies and practices to serve these students.

Originally designed as a collaborative online resource, the toolkit helps institutions of higher education build effective programs for veteran students and share information. It highlights a variety of best practices including veteran-specific orientation, on-campus veteran service centers, prospective student outreach efforts, faculty training, and counseling and psychological services for veteran students.

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ACE's second Service Member and Veteran Academic Advising Summit brought together experts in military-connected student populations, admissions and academic advising, veterans employment and transition assistance.

A new report by ACE and NASPA concludes that America’s military-connected undergraduates are a diverse socioeconomic group, but a large number face life circumstances associated with not completing a college education.

ACE has been awarded a contract by the Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support (DANTES) to continue and expand its longtime Military Evaluations work aimed at helping service members and veterans gain access to higher education.

A grant from the Bob Woodruff Foundation will allow ACE to extend an initiative that trains college and university mental health counselors on how to better address issues such as post-traumatic stress and suicide prevention in their work treating student veterans.

As colleges and universities have been gearing up programs and services to meet the growing veteran student enrollment since the Post-9/11 GI Bill, this report assesses whether student veterans/service members are engaged in both academic programs and campus life to their fullest potential.